The effect of early childhood non-nutritive sucking behavior including pacifiers on malocclusion: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background/rationale

Systematic reviews on the effects of pacifiers on occlusion have highlighted the need for quality RCTs.

Trial design

Single region, three parallel-armed, prospective, randomized controlled trial.

Objectives

To investigate the correlations between early childhood non-nutritive sucking habits and malocclusion. Specifically to test whether the use of a study pacifier has differing effects compared to other pacifiers and control, and whether the duration of pacifier use or digit sucking influence the occlusion.

Participants

The subjects were firstborn children, born in 2008 in Vantaa, Finland.

Intervention

One-third of participants were offered study pacifiers, free of charge, from birth up to 2 years of age. The history of the subjects'

SUBMITTER: Arpalahti I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310778 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature